buying strength

But with this season's buying strength, retailers won't be so cautious in their ordering.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index also reflected the buying strength, rising 4.66, to 382.29.

Mr. Birinyi of Salomon believes the Dow could reach 2,350 this year because of the underlying buying strength in the market.

Mr. Komansky, the head of the biggest American brokerage firm, also said that it was institutional buyers, not individuals, who provided the buying strength for Tuesday's huge rally.

If the quote changes from EUR/USD 1.2500 to 1.2510, the euro has increased in relative value, because either the dollar buying strength has weakened or the euro has strengthened, or both.

Traders said the buying strength that developed after Hurricane Andrew temporarily disrupted 5 percent of the nation's gas output in late August had evolved beyond bullish sentiment this week, possibly setting the stage for a sharp retreat.

'Over the past few years, we have noticed that the buying strength for modern and contemporary Chinese paintings executed in Western media namely oil on canvas and sculpture and influenced by Western painting, had the strongest following among Taiwanese collectors.